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Timewasters: Fly like an eagle

Timewasters: Fly like an eagle

Checking “find the coolest thing anyone will see today” off the to-do list. How was this done? Nobody seems to really know. Obviously, it was some sort of camera but Go Pro would seem to be a little large to get an eagle to participate. The author of the video isn’t saying — yet —…
by Bob Collins

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Mental health issue getting swept up in gun politics

There may be another casualty after the latest mass murder: the focus on the need for mental health care.
by Bob Collins

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5 x 8: The people who change things

5 x 8: The people who change things

How a warm welcome in Rochester changed a Bosnian refugees life. What will our economic lives be like in 2038? Last call for drive-in theaters. The unwinnable war against synthetic drugs. And is the end near for childhood beauty pageants?
by Bob Collins

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Mary and Bob – 9/17/13

How did the shooter in Washington get his guns? Jerry Kill says that'll be enough epilepsy talk, thank you. Wisconsin squeezes some teeth out of the lemon law. An electrical fire caused the big fire in Winona, and the one on the boardwalk in New Jersey, too. And the mothers and fathers who watch their children and can't make it better.
by Bob Collins

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Insurance coverage means healthy stats from healthy states

When it comes to the low number of people without health insurance, four states lead the nation: Massachusetts, Hawaii, Vermont and Minnesota.
by Bob Collins

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‘Obamacare’ or ‘Affordable Care Act’?

What's in a name? Everything when it comes to polling about the health care law, officially known as the Affordable Care Act.
by Bob Collins

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The last day of the Granite Mountain Hotshots

The last day of the Granite Mountain Hotshots

Like the cockpit recordings of a doomed airliner, the last words of dead men can be a haunting thing to read.
by Bob Collins

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When the welfare state ends, it’s good to be a king

When the welfare state ends, it’s good to be a king

The king of The Netherlands today declared the end of the welfare state in his country. He then got in a horse-drawn golden coach and returned to his palace.
by Bob Collins

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